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How many college students does it take to build a home? During SHH’s most recent trip to El Progreso this August, group members found out first hand. The house, located in a small community called Las Brisas, only a couple of minutes from Copprome, was built in the names of the five children of widower Don Chepe. Gerson, Juan, Alejandro, Luis, and Wendy have lived at Copprome since their mother's death from illness.
The 17’ x 25’ home consists of 3 rooms: a living room, one room for the boys to share, and, at Don Chepe's insistence, one room just for Wendy. SHH members, alongside Don Chepe himself, a small team of masons, and with much help from neighbors, dug trenches, cut rebar, mixed cement and mortar, and laid cinder blocks.
The home, finally completed twelve days after the group returned home, will serve as a prototype for the 75 homes that will be built in Siete de Abril. Because of the hard work done by SHH, the total time it took to complete the house was cut in half. This project, in addition to providing a deserving family a home, gave SHH members much needed experience for their future projects in Honduras.
